Health: Diabetes

Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of schools attended by children with diabetes do not have a policy for (a) advising staff how to supervise blood glucose monitoring (BGM); (b) how to carry out BGM; (c) how to supervise the taking of medication; and (d) how to give medication; and what action they will take to improve the position.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: This information is not collected by the department.
	Guidance issued in 2005 by the department jointly with the Department of Health, entitled Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings, specifically addresses the issue of what schools can do to help children with diabetes and other medical conditions. The guidance encourages schools to develop policies on managing medicines and supporting pupils with medical needs. It also encourages schools to draw up, in consultation with parents and medical professionals, individual health care plans for children with medical needs.

Pensions

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay: To ask Her Majesty's Government what lump sum and annual pension Mrs Sharon Shoesmith, former director of children services for the London Borough of Haringey, would be entitled to receive if she resigned today; and what capital sum would be required today to buy the equivalent pension rights, including an unlimited index-linked pension for life, from a private sector pension provider.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: Application of pension entitlement principles in individual cases is a matter for the employer concerned, in this case the London Borough of Haringey.

Schools: Male Teachers

Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the percentages of male teachers in (a) state primary schools, and (b) state secondary schools.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: Provisional information from the database of teacher records shows that, in 2006, 16 per cent of full-time regular teachers in nursery and primary schools were male. The figure for secondary schools is 43 per cent.

Schools: Male Teachers

Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of teaching assistants employed in state schools is male.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: Information on the gender of teaching assistants is not collected centrally.

Schools: Meals

Lord Hanningfield: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is spent each day on school meals for pupils attending (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Essex.

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: The department does not collect this information. However, the latest annual survey undertaken by the School Food Trust reports average costs across all authorities as follows:
	
		
			  Primary Secondary 
			 2007-08—price per meal £1.67 £1.77 
			 Ingredient cost £0.62 Not available 
			 Labour cost £1.06 Not available 
		
	
	The department is providing £240 million subsidy to local authorities between 2008 and 2011 towards the cost of producing school lunches.